Toilet paper holder



March 7, 1950 A. F. CARLIN TOILET PAPER HOLDER Filed June 29, 1948 JNVENTOR. A? Wu F. CARL x/v T It? A 7' OANEX Fatentecl Mar. 7, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in toilet paper holders and has for its object to provide a device, or enclosure, adapted for insertion in and to fit the usual recess made in the Wall of a bathroom.

The said recess is generally dressed up with tile or a plaster finishing and has a hole in each side adapted to receive a short rod for carrying a roll of toilet paper.

In the case of my device the enclosure, embodying my paper holder, may be inserted directly in the unfinished recess made in the wall and then secured in place by cementing with a finishing touch applied to the wall.

However, due to a modified construction of my device, as will be hereinafter described, my paper holder enclosure will also due to a springy arrangement lend itself to be inserted into an opening in a wall made to accommodate a roll of toilet paper, and if such opening is in an unfinished condition the usual cement or plaster may be applied.

Another object of my invention is to provide a toilet paper holder, where the usual short rod or member to be inserted through the cylindrical cardboard piece carrying the toilet paper, may be omitted; this latter feature is a considerable advantage, as said short rod which is generally kept under tension by means of a spring, is quite difficult to disengage from its sockets, especially for women, whereas in the present device all that is necessary, when a roll of paper has run out, is to push a full new roll of paper against the empty paper tube, whereby the new roll of paper automatically becomes engaged by the retaining lugs.

My device may be made of any suitable material, or combination of materials.

If made of metal the enclosure proper may be stamped out from a single blank.

On the other hand, the enclosure proper may be made of plastic, and the means or lugs for holding the roll of paper be made separately of springy steel, of which said lugs should always be made.

In the drawing:

Figure l is a front elevational view of my, device, partly in section.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of same.

Figure 3 is a view taken on the line 3--3 in Figure 1; while Figure 4 is a view taken on the line 44 in Figure 3; and

Figure 5 is a detail view of a modified form of lug.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numeral indicates a holder and partial enclosure for a roll of toilet paper.

Said enclosure comprises a curved back portion It, semi-cylindrical sides l2, l2, and a surrounding flange l3.

The said flange I3 has in two of the opposite sides been formed with vertical slits l4, l4. Lugs I 5, I5 are inserted through said slits; said lugs are, as said before, made of spring steel; each of said lugs comprises a substantially rectangular side portion l6, which latter is formed with off sets l7; thus the length of the side portion [6 is greater than the length of the slit l4, thereby assuring that the lugs l5 remain in the proper position.

The upper portions l8, I8 of the lugs I5, 15 are formed with parts I 9, i 9 projecting towards each other and adapted to engage the tube on which a roll of toilet paper 22 is wound. the parts I9, I9 are made in one piece with said lugs l5, l5 as said parts I9, l9 are partially stamped out of and bent upon the lugs l5, l5.

In Figure 5 is shown as a modification how the lugs l5, 15 may be provided with bent parts l9 adapted to engage the tube 2| of a roll of toilet paper, as in this case the said members [9 are formed with a specially curved portion 25.

The side portions l6, l5 may be formed with bent curved portions 20, 20, whereby due to the springy characteristic of the lugs l5, l5. said portions 20, 20 will permit the enclosure to be sprung into place in the usual recess in a wall, made for such paper holder.

It is obvious that changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the several parts, as shown, within the scope of the appended claim, without departing from the spirit of the invention, and I do not, therefore, wish to limit myself to the exact construction shown and described herein.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

A toilet paper holder comprising a casing having a curved rear portion, side walls, and flanges, surrounding said rear portion and side walls. each of the flanges abutting the side walls being made with a vertical slit therein, lugs inserted through said slits, each lug having at one end a substantially rectangular portion, the latter being formed with off-sets adapted to engage a flange at the side wall above and below said slit. whereby to retain the lug in place, said rectangular portion terminating in a curved bend adapted to engage a recess in a wall, parts partially detached from the other end of said lugs, said parts projecting towards each other and being adapted to engage a roll of toilet paper therebetween.

ARVID F. CARLIN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,625,190 Boynton Apr. 19, 1927 1,643,380 Jordan Sept. 27, 1927 2,095,419 Pollard Oct. 12, 1937 

